Francesco Petrarch (1304-1374), scholar and man of letters, is considered the father of sonnet-writing. Although the majority of his work was composed in Latin, it is his collection of poems in the vernacular entitled «Canzoniere» for which he is most remembered.
Anthony Mortimer holds the Chair of English Literature at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, and has been a Visiting Fellow at Merton College, Oxford. Publications include «Petrarch»s Canzoniere in the English Renaissance»
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Petrarch: Petrarch’s Secret, or the Soul’s Conflict with Passion (Three Dialogues Between Himself and ST. Augustine
Petrarch was not the first man to find a certain contradiction between his desires and the possibilities of life around him, and to pass many years under the pain of contrary attractions that could …
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Petrarch: Canzoniere
The ‘Canzoniere’, a sequence of sonnets and other verse forms, were written over a period of about 40 years. They describe Petrarch’s intense love for Laura, whom he first met in Avignon in 1327, and …
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Petrarch: The Complete Works of Petrarch
The Complete Works of Petrarch Francesco Petrarca, commonly anglicized as Petrarch, was an Italian scholar and poet during the early Italian Renaissance who was one of the earliest humanists. Petrarc …
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Petrarch: Petrarch’s Secret
One of the great poets of the 14th century, Italian scholar Francesco Petrarch is also regarded as the father of the humanist movement.
‘Petrarch’s Secret’ is an autobiographical treatise …
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Petrarch: Petrarch’s Triumphs
Composition of ‘Petrarch’s Triumphs’ started in 1351 and the final chapter was last edited on February 12, 1374, a few months before the author’s death.
‘Triumphs’ is a series of poems by …
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